ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE CRAZE HITS THE TENNIS WORLD BY RICKY DIMON

Written by: on 21st August 2014
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ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE CRAZE HITS THE TENNIS WORLD BY RICKY DIMON  |

Photo of Alicja Rosolska by Francisco Resendiz.

 

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS. Lou Gehrig’s disease. You’ve probably heard the name–or at least one of them–before. Now you are probably inspired to join the fight against it, and likely already have. That’s because the ALS ice-bucket challenge has been sweeping the nation through social media over the past three weeks. As of Thursday night, more than $40 million had been raised since July 29.

 

For anyone who has been living under a rock this month, here’s how it works: you get challenged by someone who has already completed the challenge. Then you have 24 hours to either get a bucket of ice water dumped on your head or donate $100 to the ALS foundation…or–even better–both!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Among those jumping on board to raise awareness and–in many cases–donate to the fund are professional athletes. Tennis players are no exception.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos of Alicja Rosolska by Francisco Resendiz.

 

The list includes Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin Del Potro, Milos Raonic, Grigor Dimitrov, Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka, Ana Ivanovic, Sloane Stephens, and many more. Roger Federer has gotten involved, although so far just as a dumper. Following one of his victories en route to the Cincinnati title, Federer helped douse ESPN analyst Brad Gilbert on the court after Gilbert got challenged on the stadium video screen by colleague Chris Fowler.

 

Everyone–not just tennis players–should accept the challenge and also donate to the ALS foundation, which you can do here: http://www.alsa.org/donate/

 

Here are just a few of the players who have been soaked with ice water–and links to their videos:

 

Novak Djokovic – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV1JFT1rBAE

 

Juan Martin Del Potro – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRzof3AjULk

 

Grigor Dimitrov – http://instagram.com/p/r4jfYim_gB

 

Milos Raonic – http://www.mobypicture.com/user/milosraonic/view/17196410

 

John McEnroe – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juZmrsNBYm8

 

Tommy Haas - http://instagram.com/p/r17noUQy8P

 

Nick Kyrgios – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooNmFOVUztg

 

Bernard Tomic – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycbCj3kwG5M

 

Sloane Stephens – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bQDxG8mTeU

 

Laura Robson – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/tennis/video-1112553/Laura-Robson-shrieks-loudly-ALS-Ice-Bucket-Challenge.html

 

Caroline Wozniacki - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/tennis/video-1112742/Caroline-Wozniacki-gets-wet-ice-bucket-challenge.html

 

Ana Ivanovic – http://instagram.com/p/r4xKxfREuY

 

Victoria Azarenka – http://instagram.com/p/rxUIs7jLZP

 

Ricky contributes to 10sballs.com and also maintains his own tennis website, The Grandstand.

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